Friday, November 30th, 2007
In Part 4 you saw the full Service to Worker pattern demonstrated. However, the method discussed in the last tutorial doesn’t fit every situation. In this tutorial you will learn a few “best-practices” for Cairngorm projects as well as an extension to the Service to Worker pattern for more complex cases.
Cairngorm, Flex |
Thursday, November 29th, 2007
I just read that Adobe has partnered with Yahoo to allow publishers to place ads inside of PDF files. I have mixed feelings about this. I am leaning toward “this is a bad idea”. The main motivation listed in the article was “allowing more free content” that would be subsidized by the [...]
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Saturday, November 24th, 2007
Since I will be speaking at 360 Flex Atlanta (and since I am a Georgia resident), I made up a quick badge for the speakers. This badge uses the sign from the famous Varsity Restaurant in downtown Atlanta. The Varsity has been around since 1928 and is a staple for downtown Atlanta residents [...]
Conferences |
Thursday, November 15th, 2007
Adobe AIR now has a new logo (I think this one will go over much better than the Photoshop Logo).
AIR |
Wednesday, November 14th, 2007
Ok, I’m looking for your input. I was intrigued to read a post by Jesse Rodgers about a recent posting from 37Signals. The summary is that 37Signals states that “We don’t put much value in formal education when deciding who to hire”.
Here was my comment to the article (on Jesse’s Blog):
I have [...]
Education |
Tuesday, November 13th, 2007
I have added a small new feature to the blog, Community Posts. This section will display the latest blog postings that I believe are important or useful. The sidebar will display the five most recent, but you can click on the “Read More” link to get a full listing. There is also [...]
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Monday, November 12th, 2007
Adobe’s new “Career-Focused” curriculum is an amazing step in modernizing technical education in both high schools and universities. I have looked over the curriculum for Web Design, and I don’t believe that any other curriculum that I have reviewed covers current day software and topics as effectively as this curriculum does. Many more [...]
Education |
Thursday, November 8th, 2007
This is the time for some reader response. We have two parts left in the Cairngorm Tutorial Series. I am trying to plan ahead and determine what topic to tackle next (with Flex,AIR,Flash or CF). The Cairngorm series came out of several people specifically asking me to do it. What would [...]
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Wednesday, November 7th, 2007
The basic Cairngorm Event Flow that is handled in Part 3 is essential to any Cairngorm application, but most applications interact with a server. The Service to Worker pattern that was discussed in the previous tutorial is essential to this process. To learn the expanded Cairngorm Flow, you will need to learn a [...]
Cairngorm, Flex |
Monday, November 5th, 2007
I am working to finish Part 4 of the Cairngorm tutorial sometime today or tomorrow, but I have a Blog Challenge for all of you out there. Most everyone who is involved in web development has been inspired, encouraged, and taught by people that they might not have ever met. I know that [...]
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